Looking The Wrong Way on Long Branch Trolley Fare
A 1913 Public Utilities Commission hearing in Monmouth County examines discrimination against the Long Branch end of the Lang Branch Red Bank trolley line. The company reports operating losses despite $62,064 gross receipts on about $60,000 expenses and discusses raising the Eatontown to Red Bank fare to ten cents to equalize traffic and boost revenue.
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Monmouth County Electric Company
Public Utilities Commission
Hatontown
Long
Batoptown
Bank
Red Bank
Tor
Tarea
Eatontown
Long Branch
The Cat Out of the Bag on Court Reform
Two Sori six members testified to the Board of Trade that district courts would cut county court business and render a branch court bill useless. The statement argues a fear that district courts would serve shore residents and defeat the court scheme, signaling opposition within the committee.
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Sori
Board of Trade
East Monmouth Agitators and Their Court Ambitions
A fragment questions whether East Monmouth agitators backed a branch court to advance people’s interests or for self glory. It notes the committee’s praise of Speaker Taylor and mocks inkers, suggesting unconscious humor in the situation.
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East Monmouth
Taylor
Congressman's Good Work for Waterways Receives Praise
The New Jersey congressman Scully wins praise for securing liberal river improvements through Senator Owens. Voters see the projects as investments, lowering transport costs and boosting regional prosperity as the Senate preserves the funding amid disputes over proportionality.
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Scully
New Jersey
Owens
Oklahoma
Money cannot buy justice in murder case says courts
The article argues that wealth failed to secure freedom for a young millionaire murderer after seven years of legal struggle in New York. It praises Justice Dowling and Justices Millis and Keough for upholding justice, noting the reluctance of judges to release him despite vast expenditures and public pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Mofiby
Houtt
Victor J. Dowling
Millis and
Keough
Questioning Miss Title and Ulster Representation Speech
The fragment questions why unmarried suffragists want the title Miss abolished and all women titled Mrs regardless of marriage, while noting Ulster's representation in Parliament and references to Home Rule. It includes garbled phrases about political attitudes and governance without clear events or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulster
House of Commons
Municipal debt, assets and growth in Newark and beyond
The passage discusses municipal debt figures from the 1910 census, noting 184 cities with large indebtedness but arguing much of this debt is reimbursable through valuable public investments like subways, docks, water systems, and park projects. It highlights Newark as an example of bonds tied to productive assets that boost values and tax receipts, contrasting prosperous cities with those that have little debt and stagnation. It also includes a patriotic poem segment and references to New Jersey towns and their development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Census Bureau
Ampleton
New York City
Newark
Pequannock
New Jersey
Hunterdon
Hasex
Editorial on new nation and Wilson secretaryship
A collage of editorials discusses a new nation theme, with praise and criticism of President Wilson’s approach to selecting the Secretary of War. It questions rhetoric around suffrage, resources in Mexico, and critiques past political figures while noting Wilson's measured, cautious public announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Congress
Uli
I Love Thee Northland Fields And Hills
The speaker Fred Clare Baldwine expresses deep affection for the land and people. He extols mountains, rivers, plains, and towns. Strong praise of nature and culture echoes in a patriotic tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eppy
Fred Clare Baldwine
Thoughts Worth Reading on Ifs in History
A fragmented historical meditation asks what-ifs from Hannibal Rome Napoleon Waterloo Lee and Gambetta, pondering how different choices might have changed the course of great battles and nations. The brief reflects on alternate histories and notable figures across eras.
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Hannibal
Rome
Cannab
Napoleon
Grouchy
Waterloo
Lee
Grénewall Jackson
Gettyeburg
Gambetta
Francis
Gregory
Fifty Years Ago Today in New York Harbor Defenses
Fifty years ago today March 1 New York City prepared for harbor defense as the Confederate cruiser Alabama loomed. Senator Sumner proposed a Senate resolution to label foreign press mediation in the war as unfriendly to the United States. Twenty five years earlier Count de Lesseps reported Canal financing trouble delaying completion of the French Panama project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Alabama
Tim
Sumnet
United States Senate
Count de Lesseps
Panama
Read These Daily Talks For Broad Audience Benefit
John P Falyon urges daily reading of a hundred daily talks now appearing in newspapers read by over twenty million. He says readers gain information and tips from the talks each day this month and should study the ads in THE REGORD tonight and every night for merchandise deals and money saving opportunities.
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Daily “Record
Teatird
Wrekdat
FM. Taylor Pulliching Co
Chas. L. Bawarda
Mane
Broadway
NEW Jersey Telephone
Congressman Scully
Senate
Aly
Paterson
The
Bank of Personal Service
Citizens National Bank
Long Branch, N. J
Newark News
Halcyon
New Nation
Poe
Youngstown
Lwork Sun
Natural Resources
Mexico
Philadelphia Ledger
Carrié Nation
Emmaline Pankurbt
Edige
Jagmanic
Jersey City Journal
Buffrags
T ‘Ewick
Washington
Lega
Newark Sunday Call
Thub Peskina
New Jersey Catholic Monitor
John P. Falyon
First National.bank
N. J
Mortgage & Trust . Co
NEW Jersey Mortgage & Trust CO
Pioneer Banking Institution
RED Bank Trust CO
Monmouth Street
Asbury Park
Yatases
J. Kridel Red Bank
Lemaistre Lace and Embroidery CO
Cookman Ave
Emory St. Asbury Park
Regal Shoes
Buster Browns
Regal Shoe Store
Broad Street
Cookman & Grand
Esa
W. c
Cookman Avenue
Monmouth County
Berger’s
Gobvanst Ave
Markintee
Salt Red Bank
I Tomkenklin
Cloth Fate
Ark “Fe
Atlantic City
NEW Jersey Central
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